Spring-Only Activities to Experience Nature, Life, and Food in Yatsugatake Agriturismo Yutaka, an inn where you can rent a whole house, has a new plan starting on March 24!

Agriturismo YUTAKA (Location: Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture; Representative: Masaru Baba), an experience-type auberge that rents out a house where you can enjoy life at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains with your children, is offering a spring-only activity called the "Farm to table tour Spring" from March 24 to May 31, 2025. (Location: Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture; President: Masaru Baba) will offer an accommodation plan that includes the "Farm to table Tour "Spring" from March 24 to May 31, 2025.

Guests will be able to experience life with agriculture through hands-on activities such as growing soil, planting potatoes, and sowing summer vegetables on their own farm, and for dinner, the chef will offer a full course Italian meal featuring home-grown organic vegetables and the tastes of spring. In addition, you will receive a 10% discount coupon for your next stay. By revisiting when the seeds sown in the field have grown beyond the season, the guests will be offered a harvest experience and a special dinner using freshly picked vegetables. This is a special experience that contributes to children's food education, connecting nature and food through a story.

During the period, accommodation rates will be offered at up to 37% discount for adults and 50% discount for children with reservations made through the official website.

Official website: https://agriturismo-yutaka.com/

Auberge "Agriturismo YUTAKA" for rent

■Background

Agriturismo YUTAKA opened in August 2024 with the aim of becoming "an inn that conveys the charm of nature and lifestyle in the southern foothills of the Yatsugatake Mountains. Chef Yu Baba and his wife Yuki, a concierge, have been living in Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City for 16 years. While training at the Hoshino Resort Resort Yatsugatake and other facilities, they have learned the local flavor and seasonality of food by growing more than 60 varieties of vegetables a year on their own farm, without relying on pesticides and chemical fertilizers. In recent years, as people, especially in urban areas, seek to connect with nature, Agriturismo Yutaka proposes the "Farm to table tour" as a main activity included in the room rate. By guiding guests to our own farm, offering a farming experience that matches the season, and offering dishes centering on freshly harvested vegetables, we directly connect the nature, lifestyle, and food of Yatsugatake, and propose a delicious experience that exists in harmony with the local climate.

Farm to table tours" offer seasonal farming experiences

Features of "Farm to table tour "Spring

Feature 1: Refresh your mind and body with a springtime farming experience

Farm to table tour "Spring

Agriturismo Utaka's farm is located between Yatsugatake and Kaikomagatake and offers a dynamic view of the sky. The farm proposes seasonal farm experiences in the fields, such as tilling the soil with a tiller and hoe, planting potatoes, and sowing seeds and planting seedlings of leafy greens and summer vegetables. The feeling of the soil in your hands and feet, and the smell of the soil containing the sun and rain, will allow you to feel the arrival of spring with your whole body and relax your mind and body.

Feature 2: Italian cuisine with the taste of spring

Dinner is a full-course Italian meal featuring fresh vegetables grown by the chef and other seasonal ingredients prepared in the best possible way. Here is an example of a limited-time-only menu that allows you to enjoy the taste of spring in abundance.

Colorful Vegetables of Spring: Koshu Wine Trout

Colorful Vegetables of Spring Koshu Wine Trout

This gorgeous spring-like dish uses a variety of home-grown root vegetables that can be preserved for the winter, as well as spring vegetables such as wild vegetables, kale, and snap peas. The homemade carrot dressing, whose sweetness and flavor are concentrated due to the cold temperature difference at the foot of Mt. Yatsugatake, enhances the flavor of the ingredients.

Homemade Casaleche with Kaiji Chicken and Spring Vegetables in Broth

Homemade Casalecce with Kaiji Chicken and Spring Vegetables

The chef's special handmade pasta Casalecce is made with broth made from carefully selected chicken stock. The dish is served with spring vegetables such as rape blossoms and asparagus, and you can enjoy the unique texture of the chicken and the original flavor of the chicken meat.

Crochetta with butterbur sprouts, bamboo shoots and fava bean risotto

Crochetta with butterbur sprouts, bamboo shoots and fava bean risotto

The chef gathered butterbur sprouts from the nearby mountains and used them to make croquetta. By combining the risotto with a puree of fava beans, which have different textures, you can enjoy the fresh flavor unique to wild wild edible plants even more.

Feature 3: A "10% discount coupon" gift* for a harvest experience.

Summer Harvest Experience

Guests who stay during the "Farm to table tour Spring" will receive a "10% discount coupon" for their next stay. This is an experience to enjoy with all five senses the story of how the seeds and seedlings planted in the fields grow with the seasons, and by revisiting the fields when the harvest season arrives, you can enjoy the story of how the crops in the fields grow, are harvested, and eaten. The vegetables you harvest yourself will be prepared by the chef for dinner that evening.

The coupon is valid for stays through December 31, 2025.

Coupons can only be issued and used for reservations made through the official website.

Outline of the "Farm to table tour 'Spring'" stay plan

Period: Monday, March 24, 2025 - Saturday, May 31, 2025

Time: Check-in 15:00 / Check-out 11:00

　　　Tour times will be decided upon consultation at the time of check-in

Price: Special price: 69,300 yen and up per night for 2 adults (regular price 110,000 yen and up)

　　　Including tax and evening breakfast

Reservations: Available through the official website ( https://agriturismo-yutaka.com/ )

Remarks: ・Accommodation rates are subject to change depending on the number of people and dates.

　　　The contents of the tour may be subject to change due to weather conditions.

　　　Ingredients and menus are subject to change depending on the conditions of the fields and availability,

　　　　The menu may be subject to change depending on the conditions of the fields and availability of ingredients.

About Agriturismo YUTAKA

Renting a whole house, so you can enjoy meals with small children without worries

The auberge rents an entire house and serves dishes that make the most of the seasonality of the ingredients, centering on home-grown vegetables grown without reliance on pesticides or chemical fertilizers on a farm at the southern foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains, located 800 meters above sea level. Guests can enjoy a relaxing and peaceful course dinner, even with small children. The concierge, who is exclusive to each guest, offers a variety of activities within the room rate*, such as farming and cooking experiences that lead to food education for parents and children, as well as nature experiences according to the season. Some activities are available for a fee.

Date of Establishment : August 2024

Location ： 9465-2 Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi 408-0044

Access ： 5-minute drive from Kobuchizawa IC on Chuo Expressway,

　　　　　　　　　 5 minutes by car from Kobuchizawa Station on the JR Chuo Main Line (pick-up service is available from the station).

Business hours: Check-in 15:00 / Check-out 11:00

Number of guest rooms: 1 room (Max. 6 persons)

Inquiries: 070-8532-2629

Official Website： https://agriturismo-yutaka.com/